Political Quotes

“I urge my colleagues, at their leisure, to reconsider the wisdom of that vote, perhaps in conference. The Roger Williams Park Zoo is a wonderful facility. Children come through it to get educated through schools. People are employed there. It opens minds to the wonders of nature. It has wonderful science programs. And it's a municipal business that is run for the benefit of the people of Providence. And it needs work. As long as it needs work, as long as cities are broke in this economy, I don't understand why one would single out a zoo as opposed to the Department of Motor Vehicles or some other structure that might need repair. Why take that job away? Is the Senator who offered this so infallible? Does he know so much about other States he has never even visited that he can impose his views? I would never dream of suggesting that I know more about towns and cities in Oklahoma than the local political establishments of those towns as to what is wise. I really think that that is a mistake.”